The Avs and Habs got together to consummate the first trade under the new CBA on Tuesday. Source say this trade was in the works for a couple of days.

With the uncertainty surrounding Mike Green's production, the Avs decided to add a big ticket defenceman to their already impressive back end. With the return of Jake Gardiner in the coming weeks, the Avs can now expect significant contribution from their back end, even if Mike Green struggles during this short season. The emergence of Carl Hagelin was one of the main reasons why this deal was possible for the Avs to make. It is no secret they are going for it this year, and they hope this deal can put them over the top.

The Habs look forward to building their depth now, and for the future. This move helps significantly improve their landscape upfront, while adding prized defensive prospect Jonas Brodin, and promising youngster Luke Schenn at the back end. The organization hopes these youngsters can play along side players like Eric Staal, and full fill their potential by the time the team is ready to compete. The future is bright in Montreal.

The Avs and Habs got together to consummate the first trade under the new CBA on Tuesday. Source say this trade was in the works for a couple of days.

With the uncertainty surrounding Mike Green's production, the Avs decided to add a big ticket defenceman to their already impressive back end. With the return of Jake Gardiner in the coming weeks, the Avs can now expect significant contribution from their back end, even if Mike Green struggles during this short season. The emergence of Carl Hagelin was one of the main reasons why this deal was possible for the Avs to make. It is no secret they are going for it this year, and they hope this deal can put them over the top.

The Habs look forward to building their depth now, and for the future. This move helps significantly improve their landscape upfront, while adding prized defensive prospect Jonas Brodin, and promising youngster Luke Schenn at the back end. The organization hopes these youngsters can play along side players like Eric Staal, and full fill their potential by the time the team is ready to compete. The future is bright in Montreal.

So I have decided that we will be re-drafting after the season. It's not me bailing on the league, it's just I think it's time the league gets a new start. Some of our most commited GM's are one's that didn't even get to build their teams from the draft so I think it's a nice opportunity for them. As I said before, all league's get to a point where it becomes stale, and maybe a little bit boring. I figure after three and a half years I've proven I can run a good league and we'll look to get an even better one going again.

The draft we did for the current league was actually done during the 2009-2010 season. I like to get a good amount of time to draft rather than rushing it in one summer so expect to see the re-draft going within the next couple weeks.